Can Intensive exercise harm the heart? the benefits of competitive endurance training for cardiovascular structure and function

Circulation

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 987-991

  Levine, Benjamin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; GREAT BLOOD VESSEL; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; MARATHON RUNNER; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEART; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; EXERCISE; HEART; HUMANS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 84922282184     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: 15244539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.008142     Document Type: Article

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